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10:05 AM.American author Celeste Ng is best known for her novel Little Fires Everywhere, a family drama set in Celeste's own hometown; the upscale suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio. bvShe now has a new book, Our… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Koroi Hawkins is a journalist with RNZ Pacific. He speaks to Kathyrn from Da Nang, Vietnam where the Pacific Tuna Commission is meeting, to decide the future of the world's largest tuna fishery.  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.At Manurewa West Primary School the standardised maths assessment was rewritten to reflect real-life contexts and cultures of the school, student achievement has shot through the roof. The driving… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.DNA ancestry tests might solve some personal curiosity - but are they gifting a treasure trove of data to third parties? Professor Peter Dearden, from the Department of Biochemstry at the University… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Banshees of Inisherin (cinemas), a TV series sequel to the popular '80s kids' fantasy movie Willow (Disney+) and Quebec-set murder… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.How do children develop social skills and how best can parents support this? Wellington speech and language therapist Christian Wright has some strategies and he'll take your questions Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Peter Griffin looks at how the country's video games industry has become a creative powerhouse, generating $407m in the last financial year, and is now under threat from tax… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Gina Rogers reviews We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman, published by Harper Collins Read more Audio

10:30 AM.In Palmerston North, the dilapidated and crumbling former central post office in the city centre has been sold and will be turned into a hotel. It's been a long time coming. RNZ's Manawatu Reporter… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Andris Apse is one of our leading landscape photographers, world-renowned in his field. His new book The Deep South - from the Wilds of the South Island to Antarctica is the latest in a series… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about plans to temporarily hold prisoners in 400 police cells due to overcrowding in jails, strikes set to hit the ambulance service - as well as… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.HomeGround – the new purpose-built home of the Auckland City Mission – opened on Hobson Street earlier this year. The $110 million social services building has 80 permanent apartments, a health centre… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.From next year the Australian Capital Territory will decriminalise the possession of small amounts of nine illicit drugs, including cocaine heroin and crystal meth. It follows the territory… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn with three quirky recent studies: procrastinating before bedtime might be bad for you, the tiny jelly-fish relative that jets through water and… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.It's Te Papa's most successful exhibition ever - so popular in fact, it's been extended twice and will be on display until at least 2025. Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War opened on April 18, 2015, to… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Charlotte plays new local music and features the latest acts to be announced for Womad 2023. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews Whatever Next? by Anne Glenconner, published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:30 AM.RNZ journalist Tim Brown joins Kathryn to talk about the controversy surrounding Gore's new Mayor Ben Bell and the attempt by seven councillors to oust his choice of deputy, Queenstown's vulnerable… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Michael Lipman was concussed 30 times, during his career as a professional rugby player, and has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and early onset dementia. He talks to… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about how the Government's industrial relations reforms look set to pass, and how they'll be a big win for workers and higher wages. He also… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Lizzie Bayliss is an Auckland teacher on a mission to inspire others in the classroom who may be wading through exhaustion and red tape.

She's founded a journal - called everyday, containing articles… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Lawyers say industrial action by court staff is slowing down proceedings by up to 50%. Vice President of the Criminal Bar Association, Chris Wilkenson-Smith, says the current industrial action is… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Sports commentator Steve Holloway joins Kathryn to talk about the games that have happened overnight in Qatar, how this tournament is important for the legacies of Ronaldo and Messi and what neighbour… Read more Audio

11:30 AM."If you want to deal with the dying, deal with your own shit first," is the key piece of advice that shaped palliative care nurse Susan Marsden's career. It was given to her back in 1978 by the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Senior writer at interest.co.nz Rebecca Stevenson examines whether the four-day work week has reached a tipping point? And there is more competition in the grocery sector with new online supermarket… Read more Audio